New findings from a large clinical trial shows that patients with stable coronary artery disease treated with stents and optimal medical therapy fare no better than those who receive optimal medical therapy. Currently, more than 1 million stent procedures are performed in the United States with up to 85% of these interventions are carried out …
A recent UPI release revealed that a major research institution has discovered the heaviest chemical element to date which they named governmentium. It has just one neutron, 11 assistant neutrons, 75 deputy neutrons, and 13 deputy assistant neutrons giving it the atomic mass of 312. These particles are held together by forces called morons which …
In 1858 Rudolf Virchow proposed that inflammation causes heart disease, and that the fatty deposit found in arteries was the end point of this inflammation. A Harvard study done in 1980 fed purified cholesterol to rabbits and found that they did not get heart disease. This same group of scientist took the impurities from cholesterol …
I have always said that it is better to have a physical illness than a mental illness. Mental illness such as depression and anxiety can have such a profound influence on your day to day life. So often we take for granted getting up in the morning and being motivated to go out and accomplish …
About a month ago I had a patient (who I will call Shirley)in her early 40’s come into the clinic looking for an alternative treatment of her uterine fibroids. Her gynecologist was strongly recommending that she have a hysterectomy to take care of the problem. Shirley, was not really convince that alternative medicine had anything …
The American Heart Association has changed their recommendations on the use of antibiotics prior to dental and medical procedures. Patients with mitral valve prolapse or regurgitation or rheumatic heart disease no longer need antibiotics prior to dental procedures. New research has found that endocarditis is more likely to occur from bacteremia due to routine activities …
Weston Price, DDS, who wrote Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, was a dentist who took tours in the 20’s and 30’s to primitive areas. What he found was on every continent where the native people were still following the native diet they were free of diseases of civilization. The diseases that did no exist were diabetes, …
During the final decade of the 20th Century there was a decline in rates of death from cardiovascular disease. However, despite these recent reductions in overall cardiovascular death rates, the overall incidence of acute myocardial infarction has not declined and has actually increased among women. This disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. The …
Lavender and tea tree oils found in soap, skin lotion, shampoos or styling products have been shown to cause enlarged breast tissue in boys aged 4, 7 and 10 years. On avoiding the products for 3 months, the symptoms subsided. Further experiments in laboratory setting demonstrated that the oils mimic the effects of estrogen. Terry …
To produce Premarin, pregnant mares are hooked up to rubber urine-collection bags and tethered in stalls so small they cannot turn around or lay down comfortably. They are forced to stay in this position for six months, while their bodies are producing the most estrogen. They are also deprived of sufficient water, in order to …